Saint Eberhard of Salzburg

Also known as

• Ebergard of Salzburg
• Everard of Salzburg

Memorial

• 22 June

Profile

Born to the nobility. Studied at the Benedictine school at Bamberg, Bavaria. Priest. Canon of the Cathedral of Bamberg. Studied in Paris, France, earning a master’s degree. Benedictine monk at Prufening Abbey, Regensburg, Germany in 1125. Abbot at Biburg, Germany, a house that had been established by his siblings. Archbishop of Salzburg in 1146. Noted as a reformer of his clergy, and a peacemaker in his diocese. Supported Pope Alexander III against the anti-pope Victor IV.

Born

• 1085 at Nuremberg, Germany

Died

• 22 June 1164 at the Cistercian monastery of Rein, Austria of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eberhard of Salzburg”. Saints.SQPN.com. 21 November 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eberhard-of-salzburg/>